James Craig,1st Viscount CraigavonPC PC (NI) DL,was a leading Irish unionist and a key architect of Northern Ireland as a devolved region within the United Kingdom. During the Home Rule Crisis of 1912–14,he defied the British government in preparing an armed resistance in Ulster to an all-Ireland parliament. He accepted partition as a final settlement,securing the opt out of six Ulster counties from the dominion statehood accorded Ireland under the terms of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty. From then until his death in 1940,he led the Ulster Unionist Party and served Northern Ireland as its first Prime Minister. He publicly characterised his administration as a "Protestant" counterpart to the "Catholic state" nationalists had established in the south. Craig was created a baronet in 1918 and raised to the Peerage in 1927.
The following is the order of precedence in England and Wales as of October 2024. Separate orders exist for men and women.
Viscount Craigavon,of Stormont in the County of Down,is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1927 for Sir James Craig,1st Baronet,the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. He had already been created a baronet,'of Craigavon,in the County of Down' in 1918. As of 2017,the titles are held by his grandson,the third Viscount,who succeeded his father in 1974. He is one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999,and sits as a crossbencher.
Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil,7th Marquess of Salisbury,Baron Gascoyne-Cecil,is a British Conservative politician. From 1979 to 1987 he represented South Dorset in the House of Commons,and in the 1990s he was Leader of the House of Lords under his courtesy title of Viscount Cranborne. Lord Salisbury lives in one of England's largest historic houses,the 17th-century Hatfield House in Hertfordshire,and currently serves as Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire.
Alfred Dubs,Baron Dubs is a British Labour politician and former Member of Parliament.
Lucius Edward William Plantagenet Cary,15th Viscount of Falkland,styled Master of Falkland from 1961 to 1984,is a British nobleman and former politician.
David Bernard Montgomery,2nd Viscount Montgomery of Alamein,was a British politician and businessman. He was the son of Bernard Montgomery.
Joel Goodman Joffe,Baron Joffe,was a South African-born British lawyer and Labour peer in the House of Lords.
Ian Anthony Hamilton-Smith,3rd Baron Colwyn,,commonly known as Anthony Hamilton-Smith,was a British peer,politician and dentist.
John Dawson Eccles,2nd Viscount Eccles,,is a British Conservative peer and businessman. He is one of the ninety-two hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.
Colonel John Douglas Slim,2nd Viscount Slim,,was a British peer,soldier and businessman. He was one of the 92 elected hereditary peers in the House of Lords,elected to remain after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999. In 1970,he succeeded to his father's title. He sat as a crossbencher.
William Lloyd George,3rd Viscount Tenby,JP,was a British peer and army officer. A grandson of the Prime Minister David Lloyd George,he was among the 90 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999.
John Roundell Palmer,4th Earl of Selborne,,was a British peer,ecological expert,and businessman. He was one of the hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the enactment of the House of Lords Act 1999,sitting as a Conservative. He re-designated as non-affiliated in September 2019 and retired from the House on 26 March 2020.
James Craig,2nd Viscount Craigavon,was a British hereditary peer who sat in the House of Lords.
Nicholas Edward True,Baron True,is a British Conservative politician who served as Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal between September 2022 and July 2024. He has been a member of the House of Lords since 2011 and Shadow Leader of the House of Lords since July 2024.
All-Party Groups (APGs) within United Kingdom politics are informal,cross-party,interest groups of the UK Parliament. APGs have at least 20 members who are all Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords. The All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group (APPHG) is a subject group of the APG whose purpose is to bring together non-religious humanist,atheist and agnostic MPs and peers to discuss matters of shared interest.
Charles William Harley Hay,16th Earl of Kinnoull,styled Viscount Dupplin until 2013,is a Scottish hereditary peer and Crossbench member of the House of Lords,who serves as Convenor of the Crossbench Peers.
Cecil Mary Nowell Dering Craig,Viscountess Craigavon,DBE was a British Unionist activist and politician in Northern Ireland.
Jonathan William Berry,5th Viscount Camrose is a British hereditary peer and Conservative politician.
